New Year road deaths surge in Thailand despite safety campaign
By Reuters in Bangkok | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-05 07:42
More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the New Year period, statistics released on Wednesday showed, despite a government road safety campaign in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to drive a car.
The Department of Land Transport said 426 people died in 3,327 accidents between Dec 29 and Jan 3, up from 340 in the year-earlier period.
Thailand's road death rate is the highest in the world apart from war-ravaged Libya, according to a 2015 World Health Organization report.
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